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What is the proper procedure when an old answer no longer works?
Generally the same applies as with any other problem, you ask a good question that includes:
What are you trying to do?
What have you tried in order to make it happen?
What results did you expect?
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What is the proper procedure when an old answer no longer works?
In addition to what's explained HBrujin's excellent answer, it's worth mentioning bounties.
Bounties allows you to give an explanation for why you're setting the bounty - and up to date answers is a ...
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What is the proper procedure when an old answer no longer works?
A question should not be closed merely because someone else has asked it.
Questions should be closed when an answer on another question provides a working solution to your question. (This also ...
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